Mop-wringer



(No Model.)

D I Mm m BI ER w M u N0. 484,688. Patented Oct. 18, 1892.

avwamto c UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

JEROME B. SVVEETLAND, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

MOP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,688, dated October 18, 1892.

Application filed March 30, 1892. Serial No. 427,124. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEROME B. SWEETLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pontiac, in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Mop-Wringers,of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein tothe accompanying'drawings.

This invention relates to a new and improved mop-wringer; and it has for its object to provide a wringer which may be detachably secured to the side of a tub or pail, the presser of the wringer being adapted to be readily detached from the mopreceptacle, as hereinafter more fully described.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device applied to a tub. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same secured to a tub, the tub being shown in sectional View. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the presser detached.

In the drawings, a designates the mop-receptacle, which consists of the perforated sides ot a, and bottom a, and the front wall a, and the rear wall a which latter is shown solid, but, as is evident, may be perforated, if desired. The front wall of the receptacle is inclined downwardly and rearwardly and the bottom of the receptacle is curved in order to facilitate compression of the mop by the presser, as will be fully set forth. The upper 'edge of the rear wall of the receptacle is cut away, as shown, to permit the presser to swing down into the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 2,

or the said wall may terminate a sufficient distance below the upper edge of the side walls to permit the passage of the presser into the receptacle, if desired.

From the upper rear edge of the sides of the receptacle extend downwardly -turned hooks at. These hooks are adapted to fit over and engage the upper edge of a tub or pail and hold the receptacle in place on said tub, as is evident.

The presser b is a casting of sufficient width to easily tit the mop-receptacle, and consists of the rear wall b, which is nearly as high as the rear wall of the mop-receptacle, the front wall b", which is lower than the rear wall, and the curved plate b', which connects these walls, as shown. From the upper edge of the wall 1) extends the rearwardly-extending plate 0, and from the sides of this plate extend the cylindrical lugs or pins 0. The curved plate b is provided with perforations, as shown, for an obvious reason. The rear wall I) of the presser is provided at or near its lower edge with the rearwardly-projecting teeth or corrugations 12 which as the presser is forced into the mop-receptacle to squeeze the mop catch a portion of the mop and force it against the rear wall of the receptacle, thereby materially aiding in forcing the water out of said mop. The handle dis secured to the upper side of the presser by small bolts passing through it and through the plate 0 at the rear edge of the presser and a forwardlyprojecting ear at the upper edge of the front wallb" of the presser, the said handle extending forwardly therefrom a suitable distance.

The operation of my device is as follows: The presser b is placed in the'mop-receptacle a, the pins 0 projecting under the hooks a of the receptacle. The receptacle is then hung on the upper edge of a mop pail or tub by means of the hooks a the pins 0 bearing on the upper edge of the pail or tub, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. By thus journaling the presser on the upper edge of the mop-pail and at the upper edge of the mop-receptacle a great pressure may be eX- erted on the mop through the presser Without the least danger of upsetting the mop-pail, as would be the case if the presser were journaled to the rear wall of the mop-receptacle below the upper edge of the mop pail or tub.

A great advantage in connecting the side walls of the mop-receptacle by the rear wall a is that it not only provides a bearing-plate against which the rear wall of the presser forces the mop, but it braces the side walls and prevents them being spread by any pressure 011 the mop through the presser.

From the foregoing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my device will be thoroughly understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Ina mop-wringer, the combination of a mopreceptacle consisting of the sidesa a, the

bottom, the front wall a', and the rear wall of the presser and adapted to fit under the a ,connecting the bottom and side walls, the hooks at of the mop-receptacle and bear on downwardly-extending hooks a extending the upper edge of the mop-pail, and operat- 15 from the rear upper edge of the side walls of ing-handle secured to the upper side of the the mop-receptacle, adapted to fit over the upprcsser, substantially as described. I

per edge of the mop pail or tub,with a presser In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in consisting of the Zfxont wall b rear wall 1), presence of two witnesses.

the curved plate connecting these walls,

rearwardly-extending teeth or corrugations JEROME SWEETLAND' formed on the lower edge of therear wall I) Witnesses:

of the presser, cylindrical logs or pins pro- DAVID S. HOWARD,

jecting outwardly from the rear upper edge FRANCIS SHERIDEN. 

